A Marcus Wallenberg symposium
in celebration of Mikael Rørdam’s 65th birthday
Date: 17. – 20. June 2024 (Monday – Thursday)
Deadline: 30. April for registration
Venue: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Chalmers Tvärgata 3, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
Schedule: Detailed schedule TBA. The first talk starts Monday 9:30. The conference reception is Monday evening, the conference dinner is Wednesday evening. The last talk ends Thursday 17:15.
Hotels: The venue is close to the city center, which means that numerous hotels are within walking distance or reachable by very short commute with bus/tram. The following two hotels are close to the venue:
- Hotel Lorensberg (most speakers stay here)
- Comfort Hotel Panorama
Gothenburg has a very good public transportation system, and cheaper hotels can be found further away from the city center. For example, in Mölndal one can find Quality hotel The Weaver (18 minutes by tram), Åby Hotel – Best Western Plus (25 minutes by tram), or Good Morning Mölndal (25 or 30 minutes by bus).
Getting around Gothenburg: To plan trips, it is useful to download the Västtrafik to Go app or browse vasttrafik.se. You can buy a day card or 3 day card ticket on the app, or in most convenience stores (Pressbyrån or 7-eleven). These cards include travel by bus, tram and ferry within Gothenburg. Note that you cannot buy tickets by cash on buses or trams.
Getting to Gothenburg: If you fly to Gothenburg, you will arrive at „Landvetter“ airport.There are two options for getting to the city center:
- You can take the Airport bus (Flygbussarna). It takes about 30 minutes, and there are several stops in the center. One of these stops is Korsvägen, which is 7min walking from Hotel Lorensberg. Only credit cards are accepted on the bus. For more information and the timetable visit www.flygbussarna.se.
- You can take a taxi. You will find a taxi stand at the airport. A trip to/from the city center costs approximately SEK 500. Service is included in the taximeter price, which means that tipping is not expected.
Registration: To register for the conference, write an email to vilalta@chalmers.se with subject “Registration for MikaelFest” stating:
- First name
- Last name
- Affiliation
- Career status (PhD, Postdoc, Professor, …)
Organizers: Georg Huppertz, Hannes Thiel, Eduard Vilalta
Speakers:
Erik Bedos (Oslo)
Bruce Blackadar (Reno)
Kristin Courtney (Odense) – TBC
Marius Dadarlat (West Lafayette)
Siegfried Echterhoff (Münster)
Søren Eilers (Copenhagen)
George Elliott (Toronto)
Ilijas Farah (Toronto)
James Gabe (Odense) – TBC
Shirly Geffen (Münster)
Nigel Higson (University Park)
Ilan Hirshberg (Be’er Sheva)
Nadia Larsen (Oslo)
Magdalena Musat (Copenhagen)
Eduard Ortega (Trondheim)
Francesc Perera (Barcelona)
Sorin Popa (Los Angeles)
Ian Putnam (Victoria)
Mikael Rørdam (Copenhagen)
Karen Strung (Prague)
Andreas Thom (Dresden)
Stefaan Vaes (Leuven)
Stuart White (Oxford)
Wilhelm Winter (Münster)
This conference is funded by the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for International Scientific Collaboration, the K-theory foundation, and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation through the KAW Fellowship Order-theoretic methods in operator algebras.